Quote Originally Posted by Felonius View Post
I think there should be an item exchange system, where you can turn in your old rare/ex gear for points, and then use those points to buy other rare/ex gear.
Not sure this idea would be very good, but as a spin on it, how about quests that involve getting certain R/E pieces of gear to upgrade them, and some recipes for certain other pieces of gear.

For example, White Mages everywhere who invested heavily into melee might still be nostalgically holding onto a Sea Robber Cudgel, a Seawolf Cudgel, a Reverend Mail, and a Restorer Cloak. There could be a quest to collect all four of these items to make some sort of piece of gear that enhances Afflatus Misery for example.

Another example could be a Thief with a Sirocco Kukri perhaps having a way to upgrade a Thief's Knife with static augments.

On the other end, items like a Optical Hat could be either augmentable via Synergy like certain Sky gears were made to be, or even used as a pop item for something bigger (personally I'd be a fan of a quest that merges all the skill headbands with the Ohat for a unified accuracy headpiece).

But some items are bound to be missed in any scheme for upgrading them or reusing them for further quests. This is just part of the game progressing away from them.